天下り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
天 下
あま
Grade: 1		 くだ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
天降り
天降

Etymology

Compound of 天 (ama, “heaven, heavens”) +‎ 下り (kudari, “the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 下る kudaru, “to descend, to come down””).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あまくだり [àmákúdárí] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ma̠kɯ̟ᵝda̠ɾʲi]

Noun

天(あま)下(くだ)り • (amakudari) 

  1. descent to earth from heaven
    Synonyms: 天降人 (amakudaribito), 天人 (amabito), 天人 (amehito), 天人 (tennin)
  2. the entity making such a visit: an avatar
    Synonyms: 化身 (keshin), 権化 (gonge)
  3. in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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